MUD BATH: A boy lay in the mud while celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Katmandu on Friday. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the rice crop planting in paddy fields. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

SPOT SECURED: Kim Conley reacted after she won the third and final spot on the Olympic team in the women’s 5,000-meter race at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Thursday in Eugene, Ore. (Eric Gay/Associated Press)

CUSHIONS FOR QUAKES: Filipino elementary pupils and their teachers used makeshift protective head gear during a nationwide earthquake drill in Manila on Friday. Tens of thousands of students all over the country took part in the quarterly drill. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

GAME BREAK: Employees of German car company BMW watched the Euro 2012 match between Germany and Italy on a big screen in Regensburg, Germany, on Thursday. (Armin Weigel/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

ON THEIR KNEES: Afghanistan National Army soldiers held Friday prayers at a mosque inside Forward Operating Base Delhi, where U.S. Marines from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, are posted in Garmser, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Friday. (Adek Barry/AFP/Getty Images)